He wasn’t having to check any of the potting angles. I mean, he was chalking practically every other shot and didn’t even do so when potting the final 3 colours. O’Sullivan was 21 at the time and he was a lot more carefree in his game and considering he was 8-5 up, this only added to how relaxed he was. And see what their average shot times are like.
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Don’t believe me? Set up the opening shot for any pro and see how they do. And the time was set by the one person that could have made it happen. The referee was going round the table as quickly as O’Sullivan. The break itself was perfectly executed in that there were no complicated shots that required much thought. However, I do think what it ultimately came down to was a number of things falling into place at the right time. If it was one of today’s referees, who knows what the time achieved would have been? If anything, this makes me want to give a huge amount of credit to Len Ganley, who refereed the 1997 R1 WSC match for keeping with the pace of O’Sullivan and what was happening. Referees today are a lot more careful and take their time when re-spotting colours. We wouldn’t even know that a time in the realm of the low 5 minutes was even fathomable.Īnother point to consider are the referees of today. Nowadays, 147s take on average around 10-14 minutes or so. I feel that if O’Sullivan wasn’t in snooker, the fastest 147 times would hover around the 8-9 minute mark. It was made by (arguably) the quickest player the game has seen and possibly the only player that could have made that break happen. If we’re also looking at the general speed of a player, it’s not like the 5:08 was made by a player on a fluke. O’Sullivan broke this by near enough 2 minutes in the context of a maximum break, this is a considerable amount of time. The previous record before this time was James Wattana making a 147 in just over 7 minutes in 1992. Most of these feats were accomplished before 2003!īut will 1997 ever be beaten? Unlikely, for a few reasons. He also most likely holds at least 7 out of the Top 10.
But to give some context, O’Sullivan holds at least 3-4 of the Top 5 quickest maximum breaks with times (excluding 1997) ranging in the 6 minute territory. There isn’t really a definitive list as to the fastest maximum breaks as players don’t really go for speed when compiling these breaks. It was Round 1 in the 1997 World Championship and Ronnie O’Sullivan was 8-5 up against Mick Price where a loose safety shot travelled a bit too far and well…the rest is history. Whether you class it as 5:20 or 5:08, 1997 saw the infamous and arguably most flawlessly executed 147 break in the history of the game.
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